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S P O N S O RI N M E M O R I A M

In loving memory of ROBERT A. & ELIZABETH P. STUART

LIFELONG FRIENDS, ADVOCATES AND PATRONS OF THE THOMAS REES MEMORIAL CARILLON

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart were among the Carillon’s strongest advocates. Their kindness and generosity established the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon as one of the world’s most important instruments. The Stuart family continues to support the Rees Carillon in numerous ways and was especially helpful in the acquisition of the new B-flat bell in 2000, dedicated to Mr. Stuart’s memory.

Elizabeth Pexton Stuart (1919- 2012)

Elizabeth was equally passionate about the Rees Carillon. A longstanding member of The Carillon Belles and many other civic organizations, Mrs. Stuart, like her husband, had boundless energy and enthusiasm for the Rees Carillon and its importance to the Springfield community.

Robert A. Stuart (1917 - 1988)

Robert, who served as President of Springfield Park District’s Board of Trustees from 1959 to 1975, is central to the creation of the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon. Mr. Stuart hired the best consultants, architects, and builders—and in the process traveled twice to European bell foundries to ensure the Carillon’s unsurpassed quality. He was integrally involved with the creation of the very first Carillon Festival in 1962 and a great champion of its growth.

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W E LCO M E

I am delighted to welcome you to the 52nd Annual International Carillon Festival. The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon boasts a long and distinctive history of excellence and I am honored to serve as your new carillonneur! This year’s Festival continues our tradition of presenting outstanding concerts by the world’s top carillonneurs.

I am very happy to welcome back Arie Abbenes and Malgosia Fiebig. This is Arie’s 6th Festival (he was last here in 1993) and Malgosia’s 2nd Festival (she in 2008). Their USA premiere of van Cleemput’s Orthodoxia (for two carillonneurs) on Tuesday is sure to be one of our Festival highlights. I am also very happy to welcome Carol Jickling Lens, Margaret Pan and Brian Tang – all of whom are appearing for the first time at our Festival. Margaret and Brian are newer members of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America—passing their professional examinations in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Carol played her examination at the 1971 Guild congress here in Springfield so she is long overdue for a return.

I would like to extend a very special thanks to my friend and colleague David Gottlieb, who composed “Let Sleeping Cats . . .” for our Festival. Like David, so many individuals have given generously of their time and talents to make this week possible. Key among these are the Trustees of the Springfield Park District and the Rees Carillon Society. Thomas Rees’s love of carillons and carillon music continues to flourish thanks to this vibrant, longstanding partnership – and the untiring support of The Carillon Belles and scores of volunteers who support our wonderful events.

When I began last September, Rees Carillon Society President Peter Murphy asked “What’s your big idea?” One of my greatest joys is teaching, which was the highlight of my 20 years as Princeton University’s carillonneur – so we kicked off a teaching program this past January. This year’s Student Concert is a great showcase for these very talented students, and I hope will be a feature of our Festival going forward.

As I settle into my new post and new life here in Springfield, I am anxious to hear your thoughts and ideas about our beautiful Carillon. Thanks to the support of Park District President Leslie Sgro and the Park District Trustees, we have embarked on a Strategic Planning process. After more than 50 distinguished years—and the contributions of two extraordinary carillonneurs, Raymond and Karel Keldermans—it seems only fitting that we should pause and ask ourselves, “How best can the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon continue to serve our community? What new programs should we develop? How can we best care for our landmark tower?” To help us, please take a moment to fill out the enclosed survey. Your thoughts and ideas are very important as together we embark on the next exciting chapter of the Rees Carillon and its beautiful music!

With my thanks for your support and friendship,

Robin AustinPark District Carillonneur217-546-3853raustin@springfieldparks.org

Dear friends,

A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE FESTIVAL FIREWORKS

The Springfield Parks Foundation (SPF) was formed in 1991 as a not-for-profit fundraising organization dedicated to enhancing the use, growth and preservation of our parks. Springfield has nearly 40 neighborhood, community and regional parks. The Foundation works closely with the Park Board, City of Springfield, other state and local agencies, the business community and individuals to provide support and funding for many park projects. Foundation projects include park restoration, landscape improvement and commemoration.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PresidentPeter Graham

TreasurerLoren Bennett

SecretaryKaren Barber

Board MembersJennifer Ascher

J. Garth (Butch) Elzea, IIILarry Estep

Joe HillsIsaac King

Denise Corcoran-SchainkerMichelle UsherAbby Walden

Vice PresidentJennifer Aholt

Ex-OfficioLeslie Sgro

Derek Harms

Park Board LiaisonDr. Ted Flickinger

springfieldparksfoundation.org

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Springfield Park DistrictRees Carillon Society

The Carillon BellesWashington Park Botanical Gardens

Springfield Park District Board of TrusteesLeslie Sgro, President

Gray Noll, Vice-PresidentTed Flickinger Tina Janazzo

Grant Hammer Robin SchmidtBrian Reardon Sara Wojcicki

Rees Carillon Society Board of TrusteesPeter Murphy, President

Roger Huebner, Vice PresidentBrenda Poston, Treasurer

Barb Walker, Secretary

Robin Austin, Park District Carillonneur

The Carillon Belles

THE 52ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CARILLON FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY

Betty BridgewaterBarbara Burris

Diane CapranicaWanda Chowanski

Teresa CravensDiAnne Crown

Linda DashViolet DicksonConnie Fegan

Susan FerrySusan Foard

Wanda ChowanskiJennifer J. Cole

Joseph Hills

Jennifer A. JohnsonSteve RambachLaura Scott

Jennifer J. Cole, PresidentKristine Myszka, Vice President

Sheila Albright, SecretaryJanyce Watson, Treasurer

Gail FrankLorrayne Touch German

Margaret HeissingerConnie HeskettSue Janusweski

Carol JessupCheri KennedyMary Koerner

Anne LinxwilerGretchen Mahaney

Joanne Maurer

Peggy O’BrienMichelle Pawlak

Elena PilapilAnita Quinn

Sally SchaeferLaura Scott

Shirley Caldwell SmithMary Sue TouchCheryl Van Ness

Blanca Maria VelascoBarbara Walker

Ted Flickinger Grant Hammer

Tina Jannazzo Robin Schmidt

D O N O R S

SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS

ADDITIONAL IN-KIND DONATIONS

American Harvest EateryAnonymousApplebee’sApricot LaneAugie’s Front BurnerBacon & Van Buskirk GlassBaskin Robbins – FairhillsBaskin Robbins – MacArthurBella BoutiqueBody PerfectBuckley’s Prairie LandscapingBuffalo Wild WingsCafé MoxoCandlewood SuitesCheddar’sChili’sCold Stone CreameryComfort InnCourtyard by MarriottCurvesD’Arcy’s PintDenney JewelersDream Maker Bath & KitchenFifth Street FlowersFitClubFitness TogetherFulgenzi’s Pizza & PastaGabatoni’sGolden CorralGold’s GymGolf DiscountGreen View

Baskin Robbins – FairhillsCafé MoxoMcDonald’s - Steve & Karen JeffersFulglenzi’s Pizza & PastaMCL Restaurant & Bakery

2012 ART SPECTACULAR (CONT.)

Hilton Garden InnHomescapesHoogland Center for the ArtsIllinois SymphonyIris and IvyIt’s All About WineJim Herron, Ltd.Jim Wilson InteriorsKnight’s Action ParkLakeTown Animal HospitalLonghorn SteakhouseLos Agaves Mexican RestaurantMaldaner’s RestaurantMansion View Inn & SuitesMariah’s RestaurantMax Karpman FursMcDonald’s - Steve & Karen JeffersMCL Restaurant & BakeryMedicine ShoppeMidtown Tires & Auto ServicesMonical’s PizzaNoodles & CompanyNorthfield Inn, Suites & Conf. Ctr.O’Charley’sOlive GardenOutback SteakhousePAO RestaurantPanera BreadPapa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake PizzaPiper Glen Golf CoursePizza Hut – Chatham RoadPleasant Nursery

MeijerMel-O-Cream DonutsNoodles & CompanyPizza Hut – Chatham RoadSchnucks

Red LobsterRed Wing Shoe StoreRobbie’s RestaurantRobert’s Seafood MarketSangamon AuditoriumScheelsSchramm-Bacher JewelersSleep InnSmokey BonesSpringfield Area Arts CouncilSpringfield Battery CompanySpringfield Muni OperaSpringfield Park District: Golf Course Henson-Robinson Zoo Nelson Center Washington Park Botanical GardensSpringfield Racquet & Fitness CenterSpringfield Running CenterSuper Wash® Car WashThe Closet GuyThe Gallery Hair & Skin Care Co.The Rail Golf CourseThe State House InnThe Top DrawerThe WardrobeTinsley Dry GoodsTwist N SwirlzVern’s AutomotiveWidow at Windsor AntiquesWillow & Birch SalonWings, Etc.

Starbucks on MonroeSuper Wash® Car WashTwist-N-SwirlzWade & Dowland Office EquipmentWal-Mart – Dirksen ParkwayWal-Mart – 6th Street

Sara Wojcicki

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SUNDAY, JUNE 2 3:00 P.M. Student Concert – NEW EVENT! 7:00 P.M. Concert by Robin Austin, Carillonneur, Rees Memorial Carillon (Featuring the World Premiere of “Let Sleeping Cats . . .” - a new composition by Philadelphia composer David Gottlieb.) 7:45 P.M. Concert by Carol Jickling Lens, Carillonneur, University of Denver

MONDAY, JUNE 3 7:00 P.M. Concert by Carol Jickling Lens 7:45 P.M. Concert by Arie Abbennes, Carillonneur Emeritus, Utrecht and Carillonneur, Oirschot, The Netherlands TUESDAY, JUNE 4 6:00 P.M. Miss Carole Children’s Concert – Washington Park Gazebo (in case of rain – Washington Park Pavilion) 7:00 P.M. Concert by Arie Abbenes 7:45 P.M. Concert by Malgosia Fiebig, Carillonneur, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Featuring USA premiere of van Cleemput’s “Orthodoxia” for two carillonneurs, with Arie Abbenes.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 6:30 P.M. Festival Cookout, Island Bay Yacht Club, Lake Springfield Special presentation: “Lincoln and Music” - Eileen R. Machevich Executive Director, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum (For reservations and tickets, please call Barb Walker at 217-787-3532)

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 7:00 P.M. Concert by Malgosia Fiebig 7:45 P.M. Concert by Brian Tang, Associate Carillonist, University of California, Berkeley FRIDAY, JUNE 7 7:00 P.M. Concert by Margaret Pan, former Associate Carillonneur at Princeton University and University of California, Berkeley 7:45 P.M. Concert by Robin Austin (Featuring “Abraham Lincoln and the Music He Loved”) 9:15 P.M. Festival Fireworks (rain date: Saturday, June 8)

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 7:00 P.M. Concert by Brian Tang 7:45 P.M. Concert by Margaret Pan

D O N O R S

FRIEND ($50-$99)

MEDIA SPONSORS

GIFT BASKET DONATIONS

Advantage RealtyBox & GoWilliam & Mary Riggs

B Teased SalonBoys & Girls ClubsBill Clutter InvestigatorConcordia VillageDana-Thomas House FoundationDonors’ Basket:Del’s Popcorn ShopBaskin Robbins-FairhillFirehouse SubsFlowers by KathyHoly Land DinerKirlin’s HallmarkMcDonald’s-McGrawEnterprises Memorial Home Services

Capitol Radio GroupMid-West Family Broadcasting

The State Journal-Register

Vono Medical SuppliesJohn E. Williams, DMD

2012 ART SPECTACULAR (CONT.)

Dr. John & Susan FerryFood FantasiesFriday’z Flower & Gift ShopHickory GlenHome Bound HealthcareIllinois Grape Growers & VintnersJudy’s HallmarkLambert Custom PoolsOak Terrace Health CareParty CreationsPrairie Art Stamp & SuppliesPremiere Audio VisualQuaker Steak & LubeTerry Farmer Photography1-800baskets.com

Del’s Popcorn ShopBaskin Robbins-FairhillFirehouse SubsFlowers by KathyHoly Land DinerKirlin’s HallmarkMcDonald’s-McGrawEnterprises Memorial Home Services

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STUDENT CONCERTSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 3:00 P.M.

Sarabande (for guitar)1 Elaine Walch

Daar Was Een Sneeuwwit Vogeltje2 Connor Ryan

Two Compositions3 for the Residenzplatz Glockenspiel, Salzburg, Austria Marie Thomas

Rondo (duet)4 Annie Gregurich, Primo Gailyn Draper, Secondo

Estudio, opus 31, no. 7 (for guitar)3 Gailyn Draper

Reverie for carillon Patrick Knox

Carillon (no. 10 from Klavierbuch aus der Jugenzeit)5 Annie Gregurich

Pieces for a Musical Clock (duet)4 Menuett Connor Ryan, Primo Marie Thomas, Secondo Allegro Patrick Knox, Primo Elaine Walch, Secondo

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Old Dutch Folksong

Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)

Mark Peterson (b. 1952)

George F. Handel(1685-1759)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Notes:

Arranged for carillon by: 1 Jonathan Bell Arterton; 2 Leen ‘t Hart; 3 Ronald Barnes; 4 William DeTurk; 5 Robert Lodine

D O N O R S

SPECTACULAR ($2,000-$2,500)

CARILLONNEUR’S CLUB ($500 - $749)

PRESIDENT’S CLUB ($250 - $499)

SPONSOR ($100 - $249)

FAMILY SPONSORS ($100 and above)

Anonymous

CEFCU

Boardman-Smith Funeral HomeConcordia Village

B. J. Grand Salon & SpaBoesdorfer Trucking Inc.Bunn-O-Matic CorporationEllinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Beth Bergman & David HeneberryMary & Jim BeaumontThe Curtin FamilyLaurie & David FarrellPosy FlattMark, Joanne, Demi & Robert Maurer GekasKelly & Karen GrantLinda Williams HammerTom & June HarmonSteve Dawdy & Leigh Ann Henry-Dawdy & Kaylee & Aimee HenryRoger, Lora, Jayde & Micah HuebnerJ. Patrick & Janice M. JoyceKent Family INC

Illini BankIsringhausen Imports

Frye-Williamson PressKone Inc.Marine BankJoe McMenamin, Ward 7Zara’s Collision

Gina Kovach & Dave StewardKen & Sherrill KraudelMelinda & Pete LaBarreDr. William LazarusJohn & Anne LinxwilerM. G. “Bubba” & Donna NelsonBill & Mary SchnirringDr. John & Lynda SnodsmithThomas A. & Suzann M. SpadaThe Stuart Family in memory of Robert A. StuartEvelyn Brandt ThomasDon & Barb WalkerDiana Widicus & Mike DavisMartha & Jeff Wilday

2012 ART SPECTACULAR

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STUDENT CONCERTSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 3:00 P.M.

The following individuals are currently studying with Park District Carillonneur Robin Austin:

Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Gailyn Draper holds degrees in Vocal Performance and Conducting. She recently relocated to Illinois, after living in Ohio for 10 years where she taught voice and performed as a concert soloist around the state. She currently works for the Illinois Board of Higher Education and lives with her husband Carl Draper in Springfield. While music is her passion she credits her family with being the ‘sweetest song of my life.’

A native of Springfield, Annie Gregurich began piano lessons at age 4. She currently studies with Judith Mancinelli in the Preparatory Department at Millikin University where she has been recognized for the past three years as the top performer in the Junior Division. A 9th grader, in addition to music, she enjoys astronomy and running.

Patrick Knox is a native of Springfield. He started keyboard studies at an early age. He continued his musical studies at the University of IL, Urbana/Champaign.

Connor Ryan will be a high school senior this fall. He grew up listening to the Carillon and lives just a few blocks from Washington Park with his mother Laura. Connor has played the piano since he was 8 years of age. He plays the saxophone in Springfield High School’s Marching, Concert, and Jazz Bands.

A native of Springfield, Marie Thomas began piano in the first grade. A lifelong musician, Marie is grateful to her daughter Jacki for her Christmas gift of carillon lessons. When she is not making music, Marie enjoys caring for her dog and cats.

Raised in Farmersville, Elaine Walch lives in Raymond. Married with three grown children and 9 grandchildren, she is a Licensed Cosmetologist. A longtime Church musician, she has played organ and piano for more than 50 years. Over the years, she has also accompanied singers, choirs, and the Encore Players. She serves as organist for two area churches.

D O N O R S

GREAT PUMPKIN ($1000 and above)

2012 JACK-O-LANTERN SPECTACULAR

SPOOKY ($500 - $999)

TRICK-OR-TREAT ($250 - $499)

FAMILY ($100 - $249)

IN-KIND GIFT

EVENT PARTNERS

Bank of SpringfieldPease’s Candy

United Community BankZelle Title LLC

The Rees Carillon Society and The Carillon Belles raise funds for the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon each year through two Spectacular Events. Additional support is provided by the staffs of Washington Park Botanical Gardens and the Springfield Park District. For additional information about

contributing or volunteering, visit: www.carillon-rees.org

B.J. Grand Salon & SpaMcDonald’s - Steve & Karen Jeffers

Laurie & David Farrell

Michael von Behren Builder, Inc.Zara’s Collision Center

Todd & Judy Knox

Anderson Legislative Consulting, Ltd.

Whalen Trucking

Rees Carillon SocietySpringfield Park District

The Carillon BellesWashington Park Botanical Gardens

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ROBIN AUSTINSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 7:00 P.M.

Sonatine II Andantino espressivo Andantino grazioso Allegretto con brio

La Plus Que Lente

“Let Sleeping Cats...”* Part 1: Lie Part 2: Prevaricate Part 3: Keep Their Claws Out Part 4: Dream

Sonatine for Carillon Gracieux Comodamente Animé

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

David Gottlieb (b. 1954)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

CAROL JICKLING LENSSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 7:45 P.M.

Capricho ÁrabeRondo Toccata

Chanson Triste from Suite IVThe Second WaltzIntermezzo II (Delft)

Carillon Preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals Land Beyond the Clouds Daniel in the Lion’s Den

JumpstartLament and Alleluia

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1902)Dmitri Kabelevsky (1904-1987)

John Courter (1941-2010)Dmitri Shostakovich (1907-1975)

Leen ’t Hart (1920-1992)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Sally Harwood (b. 1948)Alice Gomez (b. 1960)

*World premiereSee program notes on page 20

See program notes on pages 20-21

D O N O R S

SPONSOR ($100 - $149) (CONT.)

PATRON ($50 - $99)

FRIEND (under $50)

Richard & Laura ScottGary & Carol ShullNormal & Susan SolerSpringfield Angel of Hope, NFP

Sheila A. AlbrightConnie & Larry BussardWayne & Mary Ellen CarlsonWalter & Wanda ChowanskiConnie & Frank FeganDonald GrahamPete & Judy HarbisonA. Dale HustonLoren Iglarsh & Suzanne SchriarBob & Carol JessupCheri Kennedy

AnonymousHarvey & Patricia BallyA FriendV. H. Funk

Warren & Barbara StiskaBart & Virginia TroyJeff & Martha WildayGE Woodson & K T Robbins

Kriscenda M. KnoxMary A. KoernerBryon H. Luers Suzanna P. MerrickKristine MyszkaJim & Peggy O’BrienJeanne & Glen PittmanSally R. Schaefer Shirley Caldwell Smith Arthur E. Spiegel Phil & Cheryl Van Ness

M. KeldermansDan & Yvonne MuellerDavid & Paula PaulVirginia Wells

Steve, Libby, Rob, Rebecca, Zach, & Leia Rambach

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CAROL JICKLING LENSMONDAY, JUNE 3 • 7:00 P.M.

Prelude and FugueChorale Partita IV

Carillon Preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals Harvest Field Tranquility Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Intermezzo I (Amersfoort)

L’amour est un oiseau rebelle arranged by C. van UlftMusetta’s Waltz arranged by S.S. Warner

Valse RomantiqueSummer SongBattery for Bells

B.J. Franssen (1893-1978)John Knox (b. 1932)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Leen ’t Hart (1920-1992)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

G. Puccini (1858-1924)

Jon Lehrer (b. 1982)Terry Vaughan (1915-1996)

Raymond Schroyens (b. 1933)

See program notes on page 21

D O N O R S

CARILLONNEUR’S CLUB ($500 & above)Anonymous (2 gifts)

Don & Barbara Walker IBM Corporation - Matching Gifts

PRESIDENT’S CLUB ($250 – $499)John M. Agraz

Robin Austin & Gary WescottTom & Paula Denny

Roger, Lora, Jayde & Mycah HuebnerBarbara M. Mehlenbeck

Peter, Deborah, John & Peter II Murphy

BENEFACTOR ($150 - $249)

For more than 50 years, the Rees Carillon Society has supported the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon. Join us today by making a tax-deductible contribution at the Rees Carillon Tent or by mailing your check to: Rees Carillon Society, 2500 S. 11th Street, Springfield, IL 62703. If you have

questions about giving to the Carillon, please call 217-546-3853.

Scottie & Diane BevillJustin & Holly Rae BlandfordMrs. Walter F. BrissendenMrs. Stanley A. BurrisJennifer J. ColeKaren & Joe Hills

Jo Alessandrini & Guerry SuggsMr. & Mrs. Peter CasperAndrew & Marilyn ClarkDavid & Laurie Farrell

Jennifer A. Johnson William B. TubbsGary & Valerie KochRichard McLane Dr. & Mrs. Virgilio R. PilapilTom & Brenda Poston

Shelby T. Harbison Tom Dorst & Connie PooleGeorge T. JohannesenW. Olson

SPONSOR ($100 - $149)

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ARIE ABBENESMONDAY, JUNE 3 • 7:45 P.M.

In the beginning was the voice

Minimal music

Aria con flautino solo il canto d’un Rosignolo

Erbarme dich - St. Matthew Passion

Songs by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Morgens steh ich auf und frage Es muss ein Wunderbares sein Hohe Liebe

Stabat Mater Dolorosa Fac ut portem Christi mortem Quae moerebat et dolebat

Una Voce poco fa - Barber of Seville

Doen Daphne - song variation

Fairest Daughter of the Graces - Rigoletti

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Johann S. Bach (1685-1750)

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

Jacob van Eyck (c1590-1657)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

ARIE ABBENESTUESDAY, JUNE 4 • 7:00 P.M.

Sonata XII - La Follia, op. 5, no. 12

Canto Ostinato

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Simeon ten Holt (1923-2012)

See program notes on page 21

See program notes on page 22

C A R I L LO N E V E N T S

FUTURE CARILLON EVENTS

FREE WEEKLY CONCERTS

GUIDED TOURS

Art Spectacular

Carve for the Carillon

Jack-O-Lantern

Caroling at the Carillon

May 1 - September 30

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - 7:00 p.m.

Sundays - 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Adults: $3.25

Children: $2.50

May 1 - September 30

Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. (one tour)

Saturdays & Sundays: 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (every 30 minutes -- includes mini concert)

Group tours may be arranged by calling 217.546.3853.

September 14 - 15

October 12 - 13

October 18 - 19

December 15

For additional information, visit carillon-rees.org

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MALGOSIA FIEBIGTUESDAY, JUNE 4 • 7:45 P.M.

Passacaglia from Perspectives for Carillon

Bravo Bells

Labyrinth op. 8

Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker

Orthodoxia* à quatre mains et deux pieds I. Litany to the Virgin Mary II. Greek monastery III. Russian Easter Malgosia Fiebig, primo Arie Abbenes, secondo

Ennis Fruhauf (b. 1944)

Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Werner van Cleemput (1930-2006)

MALGOSIA FIEBIGTHURSDAY, JUNE 6 • 7:00 P.M.

Music for Twilight Serendipity Frolic Dance of the Fireflies Stargazing

Menuet from Humoresques de Concert

Valse op. 64 no. 2

Suite No. 1 for Carillon Fantasia Octatonica Sonorities Toccata Festevole

Frank DellaPenna (b. 1951)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

John Courter (1941-2010)

*North American premiereSee program notes on page 22

See program notes on page 22

H I S T O RY

The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon is the gift of Senator Thomas Rees, publisher of Illinois State Register from 1881 until his death in 1933. During World War I, Rees served on the International Board of Arbitration for newspapers and later for unions, providing him the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. Rees attributed his great interest in bells to visiting carillons in Belgium and the Netherlands—although his initial interest was the result of articles he had read in National Geographic, the Musical Quarterly, and Art and Archeology by William Gorham Rice.

Rees provided a $200,000 bequest to build the carillon and left very specific instructions in his will regarding the number of bells and the location of the carillon. Robert Stuart, President of the Springfield Park District (1959 – 1975) carefully implemented the Senator’s vision by consulting and hiring the architects, designers and bell foundry when the carillon was constructed. While the Rees Carillon is one of the world’s largest carillons, more importantly, the quality of the bells coupled with the tower’s location in Washington Park distinguish the Rees Carillon as one of the world’s finest instruments.

The Rees Carillon boasts 67 cast bronze bells covering a range of 5 1/2 chromatic octaves. The total weight of the bells is 82,753 pounds; the largest (bourdon) bell, a G-flat, weighs 7 1/2 tons, while the smallest weighs 22 pounds. The carillon was cast by the 300-year-old bellfoundry of Petit & Fritsen, Ltd., in Aarle-Rixtel, The Netherlands. All of the bells are played manually by means of the keyboard located in the carillonneur’s cabin.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6 • 7:45 P.M.Prelude

Hymn settings from A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year Morning Song Chartres

Transcriptions for carillon En Barque, le Soir Salut d’Amour

Original carillon compositions Ciacona Berceuse on ‘America the Beautiful’

Carillon preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals Tranquility Clear the Way, the World is Waking

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929)

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

Ronald Barnes

MARGARET PANFRIDAY, JUNE 7 • 7:00 P.M.

Prelude III Fugue for Lute (BWV 1000)

Suite no. 2 Toccata Octofonica Aria Hexafonica Rondo Giocoso

Modal Nocturne

Suite no. 4 Celebration Chanson triste Toccata festiva

Sprookje

Matthias van den Gheyn (1721-1785)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Henk Badings (1907-1987)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

John Courter (1941-2010)

Jef Rottiers (1904-1985)

See program notes on page 23

See program notes on pages 23-24

E D U C A T I O N A T T H E C A R I L LO N

Since 1965, third graders in Springfield have enjoyed touring the Rees Carillon, enthusiastically and beautifully organized by The Carillon Belles. Now as then, students are fascinated by bells and the terrific view from the 8th floor playing cabin.

It is my intention that said carillon be erected to educate the public to the beauty, harmony and other benefits of bell music and to teach the art of playing.

From the Last Will and Testament of Thomas ReesJuly 24, 1933

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FRIDAY, JUNE 7 • 7:45 P.M.

Abraham Lincoln and the Music He LovedThis concert is presented with the support of

Eileen R. Machevich, DirectorThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

“We know that Lincoln loved music. From a Stephen Foster folk song to a Mozart aria, he appreciated and found joy and comfort in music’s power for

celebration and consolation.”

Almost National AnthemsHail, Columbia1Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean2

Two FavoritesListen to the Mocking Bird1Skip to My (The) Lou3

At the OperaSe vuol ballare, signor Contino4 from “The Marriage of Figaro”Das Klinget so herrlich1 from “The Magic Flute”Ach! So fromm, ach! so traut5 from “Martha”

Civil War Era SongsThe Battle Cry of Freedom5Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!5

A Stephen Foster Treasury6Oh! SusannaBeautiful DreamerRing, Ring de BanjoJeanie with the Light Brown HairCamptown Races

The Dying Poet – Meditation7

Two More FavoritesDixie1Annie Laurie1

Philip Phile (c. 1734–1793)Thomas A Becket (1808-1890)

Richard Milburn (19th-century)Anonymous

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)

George F. Root (1820-1895)

Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

Daniel D. Emmett (1815-1904)William Douglas (1672?-1748)

See program notes on pages 24-25

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Sybrandus van Noordt the Younger was an Amsterdam organist whose father and grandfather were also organists. The Sonata a cimbalo solo is the longest and most complex of van Noordt’s three extant works and is believed to be the first harpsichord sonata published outside Italy. It contains five contrasting sections -- three adagios alternating with an allegro and a vivace. The arrangement is by Bernard Winsemius.

John Courter’s Rilke Fantasie, dedicated to Arie Abbenes and written for the mean-tone carillon of Utrecht, was inspired by Rilke’s short poem “Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen”. The piece’s first section illustrates the “wachsenden Ringen” or “growing rings”. Later, the Gregorian chants “Victimae paschali laudes” and “Te Deum laudamus” are quoted.

Stefano Colletti is city carillonneur of Douai, France and director of the French Carillon School; he played the carillon of Bergues for the movie Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis. The Sontine was composed for the carillon of Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. Its “ABA” form has been described as both “waking-sleeping-waking” and “sleeping-waking-sleeping.”

Geert D’hollander’s Turn in -- Turn(h)out was written for the mean-tone carillon of Turnhout, Belgium. Subtitled “A cheerful carillon piece in popular style”, it is built on two basic motifs: first a rising, then falling, cycle of sixteenth notes, and second a set of rising chords.

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Theme of BWV 582 by J.S. Bach:

Joe Hisaishi is a composer who has had a long collaborative relationship with director Hayao Miyazaki. He has scored the vast majority of Miyazaki’s animated films, including the memorable themes from My Neighbor Totoro (1988). Sanpo is the cheerful march that accompanies the opening credits, while Totorondo is a medley of melodies found in the rest of the film in rondo form.

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Original carillon compositions We Ring, We Chime, We Toll Slow Dance Victimae Paschali Waltz

Transcriptions for carillon Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Petit Adagio

Music from Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro Sanpo (Stroll) Totorondo

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)

Joe Hisaishi (b. 1950)

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Sonata a cimbalo solo

Rilke Fantasie

Prelude on “Ewie with the Crookit Horn”

Chartres

Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen Sonatine Turn in -- Turn(h)out

Sybrandus van Noordt (1659-1705)

John Courter (1942-2010)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929)

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Stefano Colletti (b. 1973)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

See program notes on pages 25-26

See program notes on page 26

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We Ring, We Chime, We Toll (2003), composed by Geert D’hollander, was the winning submission for the 2003 International Carillon Composition Contest organized by the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium. A motif of stacked 5ths unifies the piece as it imitates various kinds of bell sounds, from an English change-ringing peal, to the tolling of the hour strike, to Russian zvon ringing, to tintinnabuli. The title comes from an inscription on the bourdon (the largest bell) of the original 12-bell chime installed in University of California, Berkeley’s Sather Tower: “We ring, we chime, we toll, / Lend ye the silent part / Some answer in the heart, / Some echo in the soul.”

Slow Dance (1959) and Victimae Paschali (1986) were written by Roy Hamlin Johnson. Slow Dance is an introverted piece reminiscent of Satie’s Gymnopédies, while Victimae Paschali is a powerful setting of the medieval sequence “Victimae paschali laudes” that invokes bold descending chord patterns to reflect the brutal sacrifice of the “Passover Victim.”

Waltz (1991) by Ronald Barnes is a wistful, sentimental composition that recalls the Sicilienne from his celebrated Serenade for carillon.

The Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582, composed early in J.S. Bach’s career, is a monumental piece for organ that also influenced subsequent uses of the form. A passacaglia is a serious composition that consists of variations over an ostinato, which is a repeating theme in the bass. The eight-bar theme is repeated 21 times - first by itself, then followed by 20 variations – before proceeding straight into a massive double fugue. The first four bars of the passacaglia’s theme serves as the fugue’s first subject, which is stated 12 times throughout the fugue. Petit Adagio (1900) is a lyrical movement from the ballet The Seasons, written by Alexander Glazunov, a late-Romantic Russian composer. The piece is impressionistic in style, intended to evoke an autumn scene. Both pieces are arranged by the performer.

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The celebrated pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans, but spent the great part of his life outside the United States, living for extended periods in South America and the Caribbean. America’s first Pan-American composer, his music features “without prejudice but with critical judgment, many local influences and musical traditions.” Gottschalk was politically outspoken on issues such as slavery and the Civil War and was a great supporter of Lincoln and of the Union.

Lincoln is purported to have said “I have always thought Dixie was one of the best tunes I have ever heard.” At the conclusion of the Civil War, he proclaimed, “That tune is now federal property, and it is good to show the rebels that, with us in power, they will be free to hear it again.”

Annie Laurie is based on a poem by William Douglas (1672?–1748). The lyrics were changed and the tune was added by Lady John Scott in 1834 or 1835. The song became popular and was closely associated with the great Swedish soprano Jenny Lind, who in 1850, gave $5,000 to her friend, Johan Frederick Polycarpus Von Schneidau, for a new camera for his Chicago studio, later used to create one of the earliest images of Lincoln.

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Arie Abbenes studied carillon with Peter Bakker and with Piet van den Broek at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen in Belgium. He graduated with special distinction or “Grote Onderscheiding” in 1968.

Abbenes is known for his broad interest in all styles and aspects of the art of the carillon. He has premiered numerous compositions by a distinctive roster of composers, including pieces written

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expressly for and dedicated to him. Abbenes has collaborated with German-Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel as well as Dutch composers Louis Andriessen, Daan Manneke, Piet Kee and René Uijlenhoet.

Early music, too, is among his many interests, as evidenced by his annual concerts in the Holland Festival Early Music Utrecht. Inspired by this approach he developed novel ideas with regards to carillon restorations and reconstructions.

Abbenes was carillonneur of Asten, Eindhoven, Tilburg and until his retirement in 2011, city carillonneur of Utrecht. He has taught at the conservatories of Tilburg and Utrecht (Netherlands Carillon School). From 1971-73, Abbenes was Associate Professor of Music in Carillon and Campanology at the illustrious Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. He currently serves as carillonneur of Oirschot and assistant carillonneur of Utrecht and Eindhoven.

Among many honors and prizes, Abbenes was awarded The Berkeley Medal for Distinguished Service to the Carillon, Holland Festival Improvisation Prize, and City Medals of Tilburg, Eindhoven and Utrecht. In 2004, he was made Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau) and an Honorary Citizen of the City of Asten, The Netherlands.

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ROBIN AUSTIN FRIDAY, JUNE 7 • 7:45 P.M.

Arranged for carillon by: 1 Milford Myhre; 2 Frank Péchin Law; 3 Leen ‘t Hart; 4 Geert D’hollander; 5 Robin Austin; 6 Jeff Davis; and 7 Marco de Goeij.

During the 19th-century, the United States was often represented by Columbia, a heroic female figure dressed in flag-like bunting. An 1861 publication of Hail, Columbia by Oliver Ditson & Co (located in the collection of the Lincoln Presidential Library) notes that “It has been adopted, by common consent, as the National Anthem of America.” It wasn’t until 1931 that The Star-Spangled Banner was accepted as the nation’s official anthem. Columbia was a common poetic nickname for the United States and Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean was another great favorite. Composed in 1789 for the inauguration of George Washington, Hail, Columbia now serves as the official entrance march for the Vice President.

A personal favorite of President Abraham Lincoln, the sheet music for Listen to the Mockingbird sold more than 20 million copies by 1905. Written by Richard Milburn, an African-American “street whistler-guitarist,” Milburn received only twenty copies of the song as payment. Skip to My (The) Lou was a popular partner-stealing dance from the nation’s frontier period. “Loo,” which evolved to “lou,” is the Scottish word for love.

Just one month before his assassination, on March 15, 1865, Lincoln attended a performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the National Theatre. Lincoln was particularly fond of the opera Martha and had it performed during festivities for his second inaugural celebration. In the opera’s best known aria Ach! So fromm, ach! so traut, the broken-hearted Lynoel pleads with Martha to return to him.

George F. Root—teacher, performer and publisher—was well known during the Civil War. He composed his very first song, The First Gun is Fired, only two days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter. C. Herbert Woolston—Root’s favorite lyricist—later wrote the lyrics Jesus Loves the Little Children for the popular Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! His songs were played and sung at both the home front and the real front. Battle Cry of Freedom became very popular in England.

In his program note to the arrangements, Jeff Davis (UC Berkeley carillonist) writes, “Stephen Collins Foster is the most important American songwriter of the nineteenth century as well as one of history’s great melodists . . . In addition to salon music, Foster loved minstrel songs. He addressed racial issues directly, with dignity and respect for both slave and master. He frequently used Negro dialect in his words, most of which he wrote himself.”

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Geert D’hollander’s impressionistic Modal Nocturne begins and ends with a singing theme in mixolydian mode (major scale with the seventh tone lowered); in between there is a more chromatic but gentle siciliana.

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Appointed in September 2012, Robin Austin is the third individual to serve as the Park District’s carillonneur since the Rees Carillon was completed in 1962. An accomplished performer and teacher, Robin served as Princeton University’s carillonneur for 20 years prior to his arrival in Springfield. He began his carillon studies with Frank Péchin Law, former carillonneur of the Washington Memorial Chapel in historic Valley Forge and passed the professional examination

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of the Guild of Carillonneurs in 1981. He continued his studies with Jacques Lannoy, director of The French Carillon School (Douai, France), earning the carillonneur’s diploma in 1982.

As a fundraising professional, Robin has also held leadership positions at Recording for the Blind, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and most recently served as senior principal gifts officer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A native of Pennsylvania, Robin earned a Bachelor of Arts from West Chester University and a Master of Social Service from Bryn Mawr College.

Robin succeeds Karel Keldermans, who served as Park District Carillonneur for 35 years before his retirement in 2012. Among many accomplishments as a composer and performer, Karel along with his wife Linda have contributed immeasurably to the art of the carillon here and abroad through the International Carillon Festival, their book Carillon: The Evolution of a Concert Instrument in North America and the expansion of American Carillon Music Editions. Karel succeeded his father Raymond, who was the Park District’s carillonneur from 1962 to his retirement in 1976. Among many accomplishments, Raymond is recognized as the founder of the International Carillon Festival, a prolific composer and an outstanding church musician.

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Bach’s Fugue for Lute is arranged by the performer.

Henk Badings was a prolific Dutch composer whose works include symphonies, ballets, oratorios, film music, concertos, and chamber music as well as several pieces for carillon. The first two parts of Suite no. 2 are named respectively for the eight-tone and six-tone scales they use. Their prevalent minor thirds make both scales well suited to the carillon.

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Prelude (1952) is one of the earliest published compositions for carillon by Ronald Barnes, written near the beginning of his tenure as the first University Carillonist at the University of Kansas.

A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year is an expansive collection of hymn-tune settings composed by Roy Hamlin Johnson. The settings range in character from the simple and plaintive Morning Song (1986) to the more elaborate Chartres (1969), which is one of the more popular pieces in the set. Roy Hamlin Johnson, who has never played the carillon, started writing for the instrument at the behest of Ronald Barnes while they were both at the University of Kansas. He has since written some of the most effective compositions for the carillon.

En Barque, le Soir (1917) is the third of Six Pieces for Harp, composed by Jacques Ibert, and arranged for carillon by David Hunsberger. The piece depicts a boat at night, with a gentle rocking rhythm present throughout. Salut d’Amour (1888) is one of the most recognizable compositions by Edward Elgar. It was originally written for violin and piano, but has been arranged many times since - including this arrangement for carillon by Bernard Winsemius.

Ciacona (2010) was written by Geert D’hollander, who received the prestigious 2010 ANV-Visser Neerlandia Prize for the composition. It is an homage to Easley Blackwood’s landmark Chaconne for carillon, composed in 1961. The piece begins with an unaccompanied theme in the bass (shown below) that is then repeated through fourteen dramatic variations and a coda.

Theme of Ciacona by Geert D’hollander:

While University Carillonist at the University of California, Berkeley, Ronald Barnes wrote a set of fourteen Carillon Preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals, which include Tranquility (1986) and Clear the Way, the World is Waking (1987). Each prelude is an individualized setting of the original melody, drawing from and amplifying the mood suggested by the title.

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Malgosia Fiebig (1975) is the city carillonneur of Utrecht and Nijmegen. She studied at the Music Academy of Gdansk, where she earned a Master of Music in Organ Per formance and Choral Conducting. Her initial introduction to the carillon was in 1999, when she participated in a carillon workshop led by Gert Oldenbeuving. Shortly thereafter, she became the first carillonneur of St. Catherine’s Church

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in Gdansk. Remarkably, the carillon was silent for 60 years prior to her appointment. In 2001 she was appointed carillonneur of the City Hall Tower in the heart of Gdansk.

In 2004 she moved to The Netherlands and a year later received a Bachelor of Music in Carillon Per formance at the Dutch Carillon School, studying with Aire Abbenes. She graduated with a Master of Music in June 2007, studying with Frans Haagen and Henk Verhoef. A regular recitalist throughout Europe and the USA, Malgosia has won several first prizes at international carillon competitions.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 4 • 7:00 P.M.“Continuous bell ringing has been practiced on the Continent as in England since the Middle Ages. The mantra of the repeating sounds, emanating from a high tower probably encouraged religious emotions—making it understandable that many carillon compos-ers imitated bell ringing in their compositions. In this program are two transcriptions, written in the tradition of minimal music, the origin of the use of our tower bells. Corelli based his 12th sonata for violin and basso continuo on the 16-measured bass line, the “Follia Theme”, one of the oldest European musical themes. It is repeated 23 times in amazing variation and originality. The Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt wrote his major composition Canto Ostinato (literally “obstinate song”) in 1973 for four pianos. The com-poser offers the performers the freedom to choose the cast of players. Performances of the Canto always attract big crowds, many listeners consider it the most famous contem-porary Dutch classical composition. Most time it can be heard in the original version for four pianos, but quite often also in combination with organ, marimba and even carillon. In 2011, I played the Canto Ostinato on the carillon of the Utrecht Domtower together with a piano duet. The duration of the piece can be as long as four hours, but today a short version for carillon solo of 30 minutes is being played.” -- Arie Abbenes

All arrangements are by the performer.

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This program features three original compositions with three different approaches to car-illon music composition. Ennis Fruhauf has numerous organ and carillon compositions to his credit. While Stephen Paulus’s 450 compositions include music for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, solo voice, keyboard and opera, Bravo Bells is his first and only caril-lon composition. A laureate of many international competitions, Geert D’hollander has composed music for many different instruments and ensembles, including carillon, choir and piano. Waltz of the Flowers has been arranged for various instruments having the distinction as one of the most known sections of the ballet The Nutcracker. This arrange-ment is by Gideon Bodden.

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The concert begins and ends with original American carillon compositions. Both Della-Penna and Courter, being carillonneurs themselves, bring out all the qualities of the bell and the technical possibilities of the carillon.

Both Paderewski and Chopin were great Polish patriots. Two arrangements of Polish pia-no music recall the sound of their love for their country.

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Carol Jickling Lens began her carillon studies with Beverly Buchanan at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 8th grade. She continued her carillon studies at the University of Michigan, with Hudson Ladd. Halfway through her University studies, she attended The Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, for two years, studying with Leen ‘t Hart for two years and earning both the Practical and End Diplomas.

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Lens played her professional examination at the 1971 congress of Guild of Carillonneurs in North America here in Springfield. She served as chair of the Guild’s Exam Committee for six years and one term as a GCNA director. She currently serves as Chair of the Nomination Committee and once again as a juror on the Exam Committee. She is also an instructor at the newly established North American Carillon School.

Lens has played throughout the United States, including two recitals at GCNA congresses. While residing in The Netherlands, she played recitals in many cities around the country, including four at the Palace in Amsterdam. While residing in England she gave regular recitals at the Bond Street Carillon in London and two in Loughborough. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to play un-official recitals in St. Petersburg, Russia and Seoul, South Korea.

Lens and her family have resided in England, Ghana, Libya, New Orleans and Houston. Carol held the position of carillonneur at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in Houston from 1979 to 1993 and at the Bell Tower Center, Houston from 1997 to 2006, (when in the United States). She was appointed University Carillonneur at The University of Denver on January 5, 2010.

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ARIE ABBENESMONDAY, JUNE 3 • 7:45 P.M.

“The origin of the carillon is a folk instrument of the Low Countries. Since the sixteenth century carillonneurs have played well-known folk songs, psalms and other religious an-thems which were familiar to all the citizens for whom the carillon – besides the organ – was the only musical entertainment. The success of the carillon might be explained through its power to expose clearly a vocal line. In this program, a collection of songs and arias from the Renaissance - Jacob van Eyck - until romanticism - Verdi, emphasizes the origin and the special qualities of the instrument.” -- Arie Abbenes

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giving it a melancholy feel, and was at a slower tempo. It is often now played as a lively waltz by strings. The arrangement is by Frank Steijns.

Leen ‘t Hart wrote an intermezzo dedicated to each of the four Dutch cities for which he served as carillonneur. For Delft, his composition conveys the feel of the city’s flowing river.

Sally Harwood, a recent graduate of the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium, composed Jumpstart for her final examination concert. The title invokes the energy needed at the beginning of her composition, which utilizes a few short motifs through the three octatonic scale modulations and also includes a “swinging bells” section based on three two-note bits taken from the motifs.

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British composer and carillonneur John Knox is lauded as one of the world’s most prolific and beloved composers of carillon music. He will be honored during the 72nd Annual Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs at the University of Denver hosted by the performer.

Leen ‘t Hart composed an intermezzo for each of the four cities for which he served as carillonneur. Intermezzo I (Amersfoort) demonstrates the contrast between the hustle and bustle of the newer city and the calmness of the old city center inside the medieval walls.

Barnes found inspiration for The Appalachian White Spirituals from several sources - Harvest Field from Social Harp (1855) and Tranquility and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree from Christian Harmony (1805).

A graduate “with great distinction” of the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn,” Jonathan Lehrer premiered Valse Romantique in his final examination concert.

Terry Vaughan was a New Zealand composer. Summer Song is among several compositions he composed for the National Carillon in Canberra, Australia.

Primarily known as a composer of choral music, Raymond Schroyen’s Battery for Bells won the “Koninglijk Pris” in 1970.

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Margaret Pan is a freelance carillonneur in the Washington, DC area and is grateful for the chance to play at McDonogh School, the city of Frederick, and Mercersburg Academy. Margaret began studying carillon in 2007 with Robin Austin at Princeton University. Since then she has also played at Trinity United Church of Christ in Holland, PA; Mechelen, Belgium, as a visiting student of Eddy Marien, Koen Cosaert, and Erik Vandevoort; and the University of California at Berkeley, as associate carillonist. Margaret

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passed the carillonneur’s exam of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2008 and now serves as juror on the GCNA exam committee. In 2012 Margaret graduated from the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen and won second prize at the Groningen Carillon Competition.

Margaret is an astronomer who studies planetary dynamics in our and other solar systems. After graduating from MIT and Caltech, she held postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the University of California at Berkeley. She currently works on Saturn’s rings and on dusty circumstellar debris disks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This is Margaret’s Springfield debut.

Brian Tang is an Associate Carillonist at the University of California, Berkeley. He studied carillon with Jeff Davis while a student there and graduated with a degree in Cognitive Science. He currently works at Kloudless, a Berkeley-based startup he co-founded with 3 classmates.

Born and raised in Naperville, Illinois, he returned there to become a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America at the 2010 congress.

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He has since given recitals in Illinois and Massachusetts. His goals as a carillonneur are to share under-appreciated music and to contribute to the development of the carillon as a concert instrument. This is his first appearance at the International Carillon Festival.

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Mauro Giuliani championed a new position for the guitar as a serious concert instrument. “Then I heard a guitarist who played so perfectly that he often reminded me of the fine old time of true lute playing,” wrote a Dutch colleague upon hearing Giuliani first perform in Vienna shortly after his arrival from his native Italy. A friend to Beethoven and Rossini, Giuliani was a prolific composer and virtuosic performer. Guitar compositions are particularly well suited to the carillon and this arrangement is one of many made by Karel Keldermans during his prolific tenure as carillonneur of the Rees Carillon.

Despite its translation as “The even slower waltz” (or literally “The more than slow”), La Plus Que Lente was not meant to be played slowly. “Lente” refers to the influence of a popular musical genre in French society. Frank Howes notes, “La plus que lente is, in Debussy’s wryly humorous way, the valse lente [slow waltz] to outdo all others.”

The Thomas Rees Carllon has a long and distinguished history of encouraging new works for the carillon, including important contributions by Ronald Barnes, Easley Blackwood, Karel Keldermans and Sjef van Balkom among others. Let Sleeping Cats… is short, episodic (episodes within episodes) and makes use of a variety of materials, observations and inspirations. David Gottlieb is a composer and saxophonist active in the Philadelphia and Western Maine Mountain areas. He has music and composition degrees from Wesleyan, Queens College (CUNY) and Princeton. His musical interests have crossed genres for a good, long while. His compositions have been heard at venues ranging from small clubs, to orchestra halls, to the International Computer Music Conference. In his own words, “It is the first time I’ve composed for a Carillon, and it wouldn’t have happened without the guidance and encouragement of Robin Austin, for whom it is written.” Special thanks to David for his generosity in creating this new composition especially for the Rees Carillon and the Carillon Festival.

Leaving behind an extraordinary legacy as composer, teacher and arranger, Ronald Barnes was a major force in establishing a uniquely American approach to carillon performance, composing and arranging. His numerous compositions and arrangements continue to influence carillonneurs worldwide. Sonatine was commissioned by the Rees Carillon Society for Karel Keldermans in 1997. The diminutive title conceals a sophisticated composition. While modest in length, Sonatine is a fully developed masterpiece taking full advantage of the carillon’s unique sonorities and dynamic possibilities.

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Capricho Árabe is a showpiece and classical guitar standard by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega from 1892. The arrangement is by Carlo van Ulft.

Russian composer and critic, Kabelevsky’s works include symphonies, ballet, chamber music, and operas, such as Colas Breugnon (1938) and The Taras Family (1949). Rondo Toccata is arranged by Georg Köppl.

The Second Waltz – from Suite for Variety Orchestra – was originally composed for the film “The First Echelon” in 1956. The original score had the melody played by the saxophone,

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Carol Jickling Lens began her carillon studies with Beverly Buchanan at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 8th grade. She continued her carillon studies at the University of Michigan, with Hudson Ladd. Halfway through her University studies, she attended The Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, for two years, studying with Leen ‘t Hart for two years and earning both the Practical and End Diplomas.

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Lens played her professional examination at the 1971 congress of Guild of Carillonneurs in North America here in Springfield. She served as chair of the Guild’s Exam Committee for six years and one term as a GCNA director. She currently serves as Chair of the Nomination Committee and once again as a juror on the Exam Committee. She is also an instructor at the newly established North American Carillon School.

Lens has played throughout the United States, including two recitals at GCNA congresses. While residing in The Netherlands, she played recitals in many cities around the country, including four at the Palace in Amsterdam. While residing in England she gave regular recitals at the Bond Street Carillon in London and two in Loughborough. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to play un-official recitals in St. Petersburg, Russia and Seoul, South Korea.

Lens and her family have resided in England, Ghana, Libya, New Orleans and Houston. Carol held the position of carillonneur at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in Houston from 1979 to 1993 and at the Bell Tower Center, Houston from 1997 to 2006, (when in the United States). She was appointed University Carillonneur at The University of Denver on January 5, 2010.

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“The origin of the carillon is a folk instrument of the Low Countries. Since the sixteenth century carillonneurs have played well-known folk songs, psalms and other religious an-thems which were familiar to all the citizens for whom the carillon – besides the organ – was the only musical entertainment. The success of the carillon might be explained through its power to expose clearly a vocal line. In this program, a collection of songs and arias from the Renaissance - Jacob van Eyck - until romanticism - Verdi, emphasizes the origin and the special qualities of the instrument.” -- Arie Abbenes

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giving it a melancholy feel, and was at a slower tempo. It is often now played as a lively waltz by strings. The arrangement is by Frank Steijns.

Leen ‘t Hart wrote an intermezzo dedicated to each of the four Dutch cities for which he served as carillonneur. For Delft, his composition conveys the feel of the city’s flowing river.

Sally Harwood, a recent graduate of the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium, composed Jumpstart for her final examination concert. The title invokes the energy needed at the beginning of her composition, which utilizes a few short motifs through the three octatonic scale modulations and also includes a “swinging bells” section based on three two-note bits taken from the motifs.

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British composer and carillonneur John Knox is lauded as one of the world’s most prolific and beloved composers of carillon music. He will be honored during the 72nd Annual Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs at the University of Denver hosted by the performer.

Leen ‘t Hart composed an intermezzo for each of the four cities for which he served as carillonneur. Intermezzo I (Amersfoort) demonstrates the contrast between the hustle and bustle of the newer city and the calmness of the old city center inside the medieval walls.

Barnes found inspiration for The Appalachian White Spirituals from several sources - Harvest Field from Social Harp (1855) and Tranquility and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree from Christian Harmony (1805).

A graduate “with great distinction” of the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn,” Jonathan Lehrer premiered Valse Romantique in his final examination concert.

Terry Vaughan was a New Zealand composer. Summer Song is among several compositions he composed for the National Carillon in Canberra, Australia.

Primarily known as a composer of choral music, Raymond Schroyen’s Battery for Bells won the “Koninglijk Pris” in 1970.

All arrangements are by the performer.

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Margaret Pan is a freelance carillonneur in the Washington, DC area and is grateful for the chance to play at McDonogh School, the city of Frederick, and Mercersburg Academy. Margaret began studying carillon in 2007 with Robin Austin at Princeton University. Since then she has also played at Trinity United Church of Christ in Holland, PA; Mechelen, Belgium, as a visiting student of Eddy Marien, Koen Cosaert, and Erik Vandevoort; and the University of California at Berkeley, as associate carillonist. Margaret

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passed the carillonneur’s exam of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2008 and now serves as juror on the GCNA exam committee. In 2012 Margaret graduated from the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen and won second prize at the Groningen Carillon Competition.

Margaret is an astronomer who studies planetary dynamics in our and other solar systems. After graduating from MIT and Caltech, she held postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the University of California at Berkeley. She currently works on Saturn’s rings and on dusty circumstellar debris disks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This is Margaret’s Springfield debut.

Brian Tang is an Associate Carillonist at the University of California, Berkeley. He studied carillon with Jeff Davis while a student there and graduated with a degree in Cognitive Science. He currently works at Kloudless, a Berkeley-based startup he co-founded with 3 classmates.

Born and raised in Naperville, Illinois, he returned there to become a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America at the 2010 congress.

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He has since given recitals in Illinois and Massachusetts. His goals as a carillonneur are to share under-appreciated music and to contribute to the development of the carillon as a concert instrument. This is his first appearance at the International Carillon Festival.

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Mauro Giuliani championed a new position for the guitar as a serious concert instrument. “Then I heard a guitarist who played so perfectly that he often reminded me of the fine old time of true lute playing,” wrote a Dutch colleague upon hearing Giuliani first perform in Vienna shortly after his arrival from his native Italy. A friend to Beethoven and Rossini, Giuliani was a prolific composer and virtuosic performer. Guitar compositions are particularly well suited to the carillon and this arrangement is one of many made by Karel Keldermans during his prolific tenure as carillonneur of the Rees Carillon.

Despite its translation as “The even slower waltz” (or literally “The more than slow”), La Plus Que Lente was not meant to be played slowly. “Lente” refers to the influence of a popular musical genre in French society. Frank Howes notes, “La plus que lente is, in Debussy’s wryly humorous way, the valse lente [slow waltz] to outdo all others.”

The Thomas Rees Carllon has a long and distinguished history of encouraging new works for the carillon, including important contributions by Ronald Barnes, Easley Blackwood, Karel Keldermans and Sjef van Balkom among others. Let Sleeping Cats… is short, episodic (episodes within episodes) and makes use of a variety of materials, observations and inspirations. David Gottlieb is a composer and saxophonist active in the Philadelphia and Western Maine Mountain areas. He has music and composition degrees from Wesleyan, Queens College (CUNY) and Princeton. His musical interests have crossed genres for a good, long while. His compositions have been heard at venues ranging from small clubs, to orchestra halls, to the International Computer Music Conference. In his own words, “It is the first time I’ve composed for a Carillon, and it wouldn’t have happened without the guidance and encouragement of Robin Austin, for whom it is written.” Special thanks to David for his generosity in creating this new composition especially for the Rees Carillon and the Carillon Festival.

Leaving behind an extraordinary legacy as composer, teacher and arranger, Ronald Barnes was a major force in establishing a uniquely American approach to carillon performance, composing and arranging. His numerous compositions and arrangements continue to influence carillonneurs worldwide. Sonatine was commissioned by the Rees Carillon Society for Karel Keldermans in 1997. The diminutive title conceals a sophisticated composition. While modest in length, Sonatine is a fully developed masterpiece taking full advantage of the carillon’s unique sonorities and dynamic possibilities.

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Capricho Árabe is a showpiece and classical guitar standard by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega from 1892. The arrangement is by Carlo van Ulft.

Russian composer and critic, Kabelevsky’s works include symphonies, ballet, chamber music, and operas, such as Colas Breugnon (1938) and The Taras Family (1949). Rondo Toccata is arranged by Georg Köppl.

The Second Waltz – from Suite for Variety Orchestra – was originally composed for the film “The First Echelon” in 1956. The original score had the melody played by the saxophone,

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Appointed in September 2012, Robin Austin is the third individual to serve as the Park District’s carillonneur since the Rees Carillon was completed in 1962. An accomplished performer and teacher, Robin served as Princeton University’s carillonneur for 20 years prior to his arrival in Springfield. He began his carillon studies with Frank Péchin Law, former carillonneur of the Washington Memorial Chapel in historic Valley Forge and passed the professional examination

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of the Guild of Carillonneurs in 1981. He continued his studies with Jacques Lannoy, director of The French Carillon School (Douai, France), earning the carillonneur’s diploma in 1982.

As a fundraising professional, Robin has also held leadership positions at Recording for the Blind, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and most recently served as senior principal gifts officer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A native of Pennsylvania, Robin earned a Bachelor of Arts from West Chester University and a Master of Social Service from Bryn Mawr College.

Robin succeeds Karel Keldermans, who served as Park District Carillonneur for 35 years before his retirement in 2012. Among many accomplishments as a composer and performer, Karel along with his wife Linda have contributed immeasurably to the art of the carillon here and abroad through the International Carillon Festival, their book Carillon: The Evolution of a Concert Instrument in North America and the expansion of American Carillon Music Editions. Karel succeeded his father Raymond, who was the Park District’s carillonneur from 1962 to his retirement in 1976. Among many accomplishments, Raymond is recognized as the founder of the International Carillon Festival, a prolific composer and an outstanding church musician.

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Bach’s Fugue for Lute is arranged by the performer.

Henk Badings was a prolific Dutch composer whose works include symphonies, ballets, oratorios, film music, concertos, and chamber music as well as several pieces for carillon. The first two parts of Suite no. 2 are named respectively for the eight-tone and six-tone scales they use. Their prevalent minor thirds make both scales well suited to the carillon.

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Prelude (1952) is one of the earliest published compositions for carillon by Ronald Barnes, written near the beginning of his tenure as the first University Carillonist at the University of Kansas.

A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year is an expansive collection of hymn-tune settings composed by Roy Hamlin Johnson. The settings range in character from the simple and plaintive Morning Song (1986) to the more elaborate Chartres (1969), which is one of the more popular pieces in the set. Roy Hamlin Johnson, who has never played the carillon, started writing for the instrument at the behest of Ronald Barnes while they were both at the University of Kansas. He has since written some of the most effective compositions for the carillon.

En Barque, le Soir (1917) is the third of Six Pieces for Harp, composed by Jacques Ibert, and arranged for carillon by David Hunsberger. The piece depicts a boat at night, with a gentle rocking rhythm present throughout. Salut d’Amour (1888) is one of the most recognizable compositions by Edward Elgar. It was originally written for violin and piano, but has been arranged many times since - including this arrangement for carillon by Bernard Winsemius.

Ciacona (2010) was written by Geert D’hollander, who received the prestigious 2010 ANV-Visser Neerlandia Prize for the composition. It is an homage to Easley Blackwood’s landmark Chaconne for carillon, composed in 1961. The piece begins with an unaccompanied theme in the bass (shown below) that is then repeated through fourteen dramatic variations and a coda.

Theme of Ciacona by Geert D’hollander:

While University Carillonist at the University of California, Berkeley, Ronald Barnes wrote a set of fourteen Carillon Preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals, which include Tranquility (1986) and Clear the Way, the World is Waking (1987). Each prelude is an individualized setting of the original melody, drawing from and amplifying the mood suggested by the title.

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Malgosia Fiebig (1975) is the city carillonneur of Utrecht and Nijmegen. She studied at the Music Academy of Gdansk, where she earned a Master of Music in Organ Per formance and Choral Conducting. Her initial introduction to the carillon was in 1999, when she participated in a carillon workshop led by Gert Oldenbeuving. Shortly thereafter, she became the first carillonneur of St. Catherine’s Church

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in Gdansk. Remarkably, the carillon was silent for 60 years prior to her appointment. In 2001 she was appointed carillonneur of the City Hall Tower in the heart of Gdansk.

In 2004 she moved to The Netherlands and a year later received a Bachelor of Music in Carillon Per formance at the Dutch Carillon School, studying with Aire Abbenes. She graduated with a Master of Music in June 2007, studying with Frans Haagen and Henk Verhoef. A regular recitalist throughout Europe and the USA, Malgosia has won several first prizes at international carillon competitions.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 4 • 7:00 P.M.“Continuous bell ringing has been practiced on the Continent as in England since the Middle Ages. The mantra of the repeating sounds, emanating from a high tower probably encouraged religious emotions—making it understandable that many carillon compos-ers imitated bell ringing in their compositions. In this program are two transcriptions, written in the tradition of minimal music, the origin of the use of our tower bells. Corelli based his 12th sonata for violin and basso continuo on the 16-measured bass line, the “Follia Theme”, one of the oldest European musical themes. It is repeated 23 times in amazing variation and originality. The Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt wrote his major composition Canto Ostinato (literally “obstinate song”) in 1973 for four pianos. The com-poser offers the performers the freedom to choose the cast of players. Performances of the Canto always attract big crowds, many listeners consider it the most famous contem-porary Dutch classical composition. Most time it can be heard in the original version for four pianos, but quite often also in combination with organ, marimba and even carillon. In 2011, I played the Canto Ostinato on the carillon of the Utrecht Domtower together with a piano duet. The duration of the piece can be as long as four hours, but today a short version for carillon solo of 30 minutes is being played.” -- Arie Abbenes

All arrangements are by the performer.

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This program features three original compositions with three different approaches to car-illon music composition. Ennis Fruhauf has numerous organ and carillon compositions to his credit. While Stephen Paulus’s 450 compositions include music for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, solo voice, keyboard and opera, Bravo Bells is his first and only caril-lon composition. A laureate of many international competitions, Geert D’hollander has composed music for many different instruments and ensembles, including carillon, choir and piano. Waltz of the Flowers has been arranged for various instruments having the distinction as one of the most known sections of the ballet The Nutcracker. This arrange-ment is by Gideon Bodden.

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The concert begins and ends with original American carillon compositions. Both Della-Penna and Courter, being carillonneurs themselves, bring out all the qualities of the bell and the technical possibilities of the carillon.

Both Paderewski and Chopin were great Polish patriots. Two arrangements of Polish pia-no music recall the sound of their love for their country.

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Original carillon compositions We Ring, We Chime, We Toll Slow Dance Victimae Paschali Waltz

Transcriptions for carillon Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Petit Adagio

Music from Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro Sanpo (Stroll) Totorondo

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)

Joe Hisaishi (b. 1950)

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Sonata a cimbalo solo

Rilke Fantasie

Prelude on “Ewie with the Crookit Horn”

Chartres

Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen Sonatine Turn in -- Turn(h)out

Sybrandus van Noordt (1659-1705)

John Courter (1942-2010)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929)

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Stefano Colletti (b. 1973)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

See program notes on pages 25-26

See program notes on page 26

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BRIAN TANGSATURDAY, JUNE 8 • 7:00 P.M.

We Ring, We Chime, We Toll (2003), composed by Geert D’hollander, was the winning submission for the 2003 International Carillon Composition Contest organized by the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium. A motif of stacked 5ths unifies the piece as it imitates various kinds of bell sounds, from an English change-ringing peal, to the tolling of the hour strike, to Russian zvon ringing, to tintinnabuli. The title comes from an inscription on the bourdon (the largest bell) of the original 12-bell chime installed in University of California, Berkeley’s Sather Tower: “We ring, we chime, we toll, / Lend ye the silent part / Some answer in the heart, / Some echo in the soul.”

Slow Dance (1959) and Victimae Paschali (1986) were written by Roy Hamlin Johnson. Slow Dance is an introverted piece reminiscent of Satie’s Gymnopédies, while Victimae Paschali is a powerful setting of the medieval sequence “Victimae paschali laudes” that invokes bold descending chord patterns to reflect the brutal sacrifice of the “Passover Victim.”

Waltz (1991) by Ronald Barnes is a wistful, sentimental composition that recalls the Sicilienne from his celebrated Serenade for carillon.

The Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582, composed early in J.S. Bach’s career, is a monumental piece for organ that also influenced subsequent uses of the form. A passacaglia is a serious composition that consists of variations over an ostinato, which is a repeating theme in the bass. The eight-bar theme is repeated 21 times - first by itself, then followed by 20 variations – before proceeding straight into a massive double fugue. The first four bars of the passacaglia’s theme serves as the fugue’s first subject, which is stated 12 times throughout the fugue. Petit Adagio (1900) is a lyrical movement from the ballet The Seasons, written by Alexander Glazunov, a late-Romantic Russian composer. The piece is impressionistic in style, intended to evoke an autumn scene. Both pieces are arranged by the performer.

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The celebrated pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans, but spent the great part of his life outside the United States, living for extended periods in South America and the Caribbean. America’s first Pan-American composer, his music features “without prejudice but with critical judgment, many local influences and musical traditions.” Gottschalk was politically outspoken on issues such as slavery and the Civil War and was a great supporter of Lincoln and of the Union.

Lincoln is purported to have said “I have always thought Dixie was one of the best tunes I have ever heard.” At the conclusion of the Civil War, he proclaimed, “That tune is now federal property, and it is good to show the rebels that, with us in power, they will be free to hear it again.”

Annie Laurie is based on a poem by William Douglas (1672?–1748). The lyrics were changed and the tune was added by Lady John Scott in 1834 or 1835. The song became popular and was closely associated with the great Swedish soprano Jenny Lind, who in 1850, gave $5,000 to her friend, Johan Frederick Polycarpus Von Schneidau, for a new camera for his Chicago studio, later used to create one of the earliest images of Lincoln.

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Arie Abbenes studied carillon with Peter Bakker and with Piet van den Broek at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen in Belgium. He graduated with special distinction or “Grote Onderscheiding” in 1968.

Abbenes is known for his broad interest in all styles and aspects of the art of the carillon. He has premiered numerous compositions by a distinctive roster of composers, including pieces written

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expressly for and dedicated to him. Abbenes has collaborated with German-Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel as well as Dutch composers Louis Andriessen, Daan Manneke, Piet Kee and René Uijlenhoet.

Early music, too, is among his many interests, as evidenced by his annual concerts in the Holland Festival Early Music Utrecht. Inspired by this approach he developed novel ideas with regards to carillon restorations and reconstructions.

Abbenes was carillonneur of Asten, Eindhoven, Tilburg and until his retirement in 2011, city carillonneur of Utrecht. He has taught at the conservatories of Tilburg and Utrecht (Netherlands Carillon School). From 1971-73, Abbenes was Associate Professor of Music in Carillon and Campanology at the illustrious Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. He currently serves as carillonneur of Oirschot and assistant carillonneur of Utrecht and Eindhoven.

Among many honors and prizes, Abbenes was awarded The Berkeley Medal for Distinguished Service to the Carillon, Holland Festival Improvisation Prize, and City Medals of Tilburg, Eindhoven and Utrecht. In 2004, he was made Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau) and an Honorary Citizen of the City of Asten, The Netherlands.

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Arranged for carillon by: 1 Milford Myhre; 2 Frank Péchin Law; 3 Leen ‘t Hart; 4 Geert D’hollander; 5 Robin Austin; 6 Jeff Davis; and 7 Marco de Goeij.

During the 19th-century, the United States was often represented by Columbia, a heroic female figure dressed in flag-like bunting. An 1861 publication of Hail, Columbia by Oliver Ditson & Co (located in the collection of the Lincoln Presidential Library) notes that “It has been adopted, by common consent, as the National Anthem of America.” It wasn’t until 1931 that The Star-Spangled Banner was accepted as the nation’s official anthem. Columbia was a common poetic nickname for the United States and Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean was another great favorite. Composed in 1789 for the inauguration of George Washington, Hail, Columbia now serves as the official entrance march for the Vice President.

A personal favorite of President Abraham Lincoln, the sheet music for Listen to the Mockingbird sold more than 20 million copies by 1905. Written by Richard Milburn, an African-American “street whistler-guitarist,” Milburn received only twenty copies of the song as payment. Skip to My (The) Lou was a popular partner-stealing dance from the nation’s frontier period. “Loo,” which evolved to “lou,” is the Scottish word for love.

Just one month before his assassination, on March 15, 1865, Lincoln attended a performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the National Theatre. Lincoln was particularly fond of the opera Martha and had it performed during festivities for his second inaugural celebration. In the opera’s best known aria Ach! So fromm, ach! so traut, the broken-hearted Lynoel pleads with Martha to return to him.

George F. Root—teacher, performer and publisher—was well known during the Civil War. He composed his very first song, The First Gun is Fired, only two days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter. C. Herbert Woolston—Root’s favorite lyricist—later wrote the lyrics Jesus Loves the Little Children for the popular Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! His songs were played and sung at both the home front and the real front. Battle Cry of Freedom became very popular in England.

In his program note to the arrangements, Jeff Davis (UC Berkeley carillonist) writes, “Stephen Collins Foster is the most important American songwriter of the nineteenth century as well as one of history’s great melodists . . . In addition to salon music, Foster loved minstrel songs. He addressed racial issues directly, with dignity and respect for both slave and master. He frequently used Negro dialect in his words, most of which he wrote himself.”

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Geert D’hollander’s impressionistic Modal Nocturne begins and ends with a singing theme in mixolydian mode (major scale with the seventh tone lowered); in between there is a more chromatic but gentle siciliana.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6 • 7:45 P.M.Prelude

Hymn settings from A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year Morning Song Chartres

Transcriptions for carillon En Barque, le Soir Salut d’Amour

Original carillon compositions Ciacona Berceuse on ‘America the Beautiful’

Carillon preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals Tranquility Clear the Way, the World is Waking

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929)

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

Ronald Barnes

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Prelude III Fugue for Lute (BWV 1000)

Suite no. 2 Toccata Octofonica Aria Hexafonica Rondo Giocoso

Modal Nocturne

Suite no. 4 Celebration Chanson triste Toccata festiva

Sprookje

Matthias van den Gheyn (1721-1785)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Henk Badings (1907-1987)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

John Courter (1941-2010)

Jef Rottiers (1904-1985)

See program notes on page 23

See program notes on pages 23-24

E D U C A T I O N A T T H E C A R I L LO N

Since 1965, third graders in Springfield have enjoyed touring the Rees Carillon, enthusiastically and beautifully organized by The Carillon Belles. Now as then, students are fascinated by bells and the terrific view from the 8th floor playing cabin.

It is my intention that said carillon be erected to educate the public to the beauty, harmony and other benefits of bell music and to teach the art of playing.

From the Last Will and Testament of Thomas ReesJuly 24, 1933

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Abraham Lincoln and the Music He LovedThis concert is presented with the support of

Eileen R. Machevich, DirectorThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

“We know that Lincoln loved music. From a Stephen Foster folk song to a Mozart aria, he appreciated and found joy and comfort in music’s power for

celebration and consolation.”

Almost National AnthemsHail, Columbia1Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean2

Two FavoritesListen to the Mocking Bird1Skip to My (The) Lou3

At the OperaSe vuol ballare, signor Contino4 from “The Marriage of Figaro”Das Klinget so herrlich1 from “The Magic Flute”Ach! So fromm, ach! so traut5 from “Martha”

Civil War Era SongsThe Battle Cry of Freedom5Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!5

A Stephen Foster Treasury6Oh! SusannaBeautiful DreamerRing, Ring de BanjoJeanie with the Light Brown HairCamptown Races

The Dying Poet – Meditation7

Two More FavoritesDixie1Annie Laurie1

Philip Phile (c. 1734–1793)Thomas A Becket (1808-1890)

Richard Milburn (19th-century)Anonymous

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)

George F. Root (1820-1895)

Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

Daniel D. Emmett (1815-1904)William Douglas (1672?-1748)

See program notes on pages 24-25

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Sybrandus van Noordt the Younger was an Amsterdam organist whose father and grandfather were also organists. The Sonata a cimbalo solo is the longest and most complex of van Noordt’s three extant works and is believed to be the first harpsichord sonata published outside Italy. It contains five contrasting sections -- three adagios alternating with an allegro and a vivace. The arrangement is by Bernard Winsemius.

John Courter’s Rilke Fantasie, dedicated to Arie Abbenes and written for the mean-tone carillon of Utrecht, was inspired by Rilke’s short poem “Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen”. The piece’s first section illustrates the “wachsenden Ringen” or “growing rings”. Later, the Gregorian chants “Victimae paschali laudes” and “Te Deum laudamus” are quoted.

Stefano Colletti is city carillonneur of Douai, France and director of the French Carillon School; he played the carillon of Bergues for the movie Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis. The Sontine was composed for the carillon of Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. Its “ABA” form has been described as both “waking-sleeping-waking” and “sleeping-waking-sleeping.”

Geert D’hollander’s Turn in -- Turn(h)out was written for the mean-tone carillon of Turnhout, Belgium. Subtitled “A cheerful carillon piece in popular style”, it is built on two basic motifs: first a rising, then falling, cycle of sixteenth notes, and second a set of rising chords.

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Theme of BWV 582 by J.S. Bach:

Joe Hisaishi is a composer who has had a long collaborative relationship with director Hayao Miyazaki. He has scored the vast majority of Miyazaki’s animated films, including the memorable themes from My Neighbor Totoro (1988). Sanpo is the cheerful march that accompanies the opening credits, while Totorondo is a medley of melodies found in the rest of the film in rondo form.

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Passacaglia from Perspectives for Carillon

Bravo Bells

Labyrinth op. 8

Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker

Orthodoxia* à quatre mains et deux pieds I. Litany to the Virgin Mary II. Greek monastery III. Russian Easter Malgosia Fiebig, primo Arie Abbenes, secondo

Ennis Fruhauf (b. 1944)

Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)

Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Werner van Cleemput (1930-2006)

MALGOSIA FIEBIGTHURSDAY, JUNE 6 • 7:00 P.M.

Music for Twilight Serendipity Frolic Dance of the Fireflies Stargazing

Menuet from Humoresques de Concert

Valse op. 64 no. 2

Suite No. 1 for Carillon Fantasia Octatonica Sonorities Toccata Festevole

Frank DellaPenna (b. 1951)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

John Courter (1941-2010)

*North American premiereSee program notes on page 22

See program notes on page 22

H I S T O RY

The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon is the gift of Senator Thomas Rees, publisher of Illinois State Register from 1881 until his death in 1933. During World War I, Rees served on the International Board of Arbitration for newspapers and later for unions, providing him the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. Rees attributed his great interest in bells to visiting carillons in Belgium and the Netherlands—although his initial interest was the result of articles he had read in National Geographic, the Musical Quarterly, and Art and Archeology by William Gorham Rice.

Rees provided a $200,000 bequest to build the carillon and left very specific instructions in his will regarding the number of bells and the location of the carillon. Robert Stuart, President of the Springfield Park District (1959 – 1975) carefully implemented the Senator’s vision by consulting and hiring the architects, designers and bell foundry when the carillon was constructed. While the Rees Carillon is one of the world’s largest carillons, more importantly, the quality of the bells coupled with the tower’s location in Washington Park distinguish the Rees Carillon as one of the world’s finest instruments.

The Rees Carillon boasts 67 cast bronze bells covering a range of 5 1/2 chromatic octaves. The total weight of the bells is 82,753 pounds; the largest (bourdon) bell, a G-flat, weighs 7 1/2 tons, while the smallest weighs 22 pounds. The carillon was cast by the 300-year-old bellfoundry of Petit & Fritsen, Ltd., in Aarle-Rixtel, The Netherlands. All of the bells are played manually by means of the keyboard located in the carillonneur’s cabin.

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ROBIN AUSTINSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 7:00 P.M.

Sonatine II Andantino espressivo Andantino grazioso Allegretto con brio

La Plus Que Lente

“Let Sleeping Cats...”* Part 1: Lie Part 2: Prevaricate Part 3: Keep Their Claws Out Part 4: Dream

Sonatine for Carillon Gracieux Comodamente Animé

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

David Gottlieb (b. 1954)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

CAROL JICKLING LENSSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 7:45 P.M.

Capricho ÁrabeRondo Toccata

Chanson Triste from Suite IVThe Second WaltzIntermezzo II (Delft)

Carillon Preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals Land Beyond the Clouds Daniel in the Lion’s Den

JumpstartLament and Alleluia

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1902)Dmitri Kabelevsky (1904-1987)

John Courter (1941-2010)Dmitri Shostakovich (1907-1975)

Leen ’t Hart (1920-1992)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Sally Harwood (b. 1948)Alice Gomez (b. 1960)

*World premiereSee program notes on page 20

See program notes on pages 20-21

D O N O R S

SPONSOR ($100 - $149) (CONT.)

PATRON ($50 - $99)

FRIEND (under $50)

Richard & Laura ScottGary & Carol ShullNormal & Susan SolerSpringfield Angel of Hope, NFP

Sheila A. AlbrightConnie & Larry BussardWayne & Mary Ellen CarlsonWalter & Wanda ChowanskiConnie & Frank FeganDonald GrahamPete & Judy HarbisonA. Dale HustonLoren Iglarsh & Suzanne SchriarBob & Carol JessupCheri Kennedy

AnonymousHarvey & Patricia BallyA FriendV. H. Funk

Warren & Barbara StiskaBart & Virginia TroyJeff & Martha WildayGE Woodson & K T Robbins

Kriscenda M. KnoxMary A. KoernerBryon H. Luers Suzanna P. MerrickKristine MyszkaJim & Peggy O’BrienJeanne & Glen PittmanSally R. Schaefer Shirley Caldwell Smith Arthur E. Spiegel Phil & Cheryl Van Ness

M. KeldermansDan & Yvonne MuellerDavid & Paula PaulVirginia Wells

Steve, Libby, Rob, Rebecca, Zach, & Leia Rambach

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CAROL JICKLING LENSMONDAY, JUNE 3 • 7:00 P.M.

Prelude and FugueChorale Partita IV

Carillon Preludes on Appalachian White Spirituals Harvest Field Tranquility Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Intermezzo I (Amersfoort)

L’amour est un oiseau rebelle arranged by C. van UlftMusetta’s Waltz arranged by S.S. Warner

Valse RomantiqueSummer SongBattery for Bells

B.J. Franssen (1893-1978)John Knox (b. 1932)

Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)

Leen ’t Hart (1920-1992)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

G. Puccini (1858-1924)

Jon Lehrer (b. 1982)Terry Vaughan (1915-1996)

Raymond Schroyens (b. 1933)

See program notes on page 21

D O N O R S

CARILLONNEUR’S CLUB ($500 & above)Anonymous (2 gifts)

Don & Barbara Walker IBM Corporation - Matching Gifts

PRESIDENT’S CLUB ($250 – $499)John M. Agraz

Robin Austin & Gary WescottTom & Paula Denny

Roger, Lora, Jayde & Mycah HuebnerBarbara M. Mehlenbeck

Peter, Deborah, John & Peter II Murphy

BENEFACTOR ($150 - $249)

For more than 50 years, the Rees Carillon Society has supported the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon. Join us today by making a tax-deductible contribution at the Rees Carillon Tent or by mailing your check to: Rees Carillon Society, 2500 S. 11th Street, Springfield, IL 62703. If you have

questions about giving to the Carillon, please call 217-546-3853.

Scottie & Diane BevillJustin & Holly Rae BlandfordMrs. Walter F. BrissendenMrs. Stanley A. BurrisJennifer J. ColeKaren & Joe Hills

Jo Alessandrini & Guerry SuggsMr. & Mrs. Peter CasperAndrew & Marilyn ClarkDavid & Laurie Farrell

Jennifer A. Johnson William B. TubbsGary & Valerie KochRichard McLane Dr. & Mrs. Virgilio R. PilapilTom & Brenda Poston

Shelby T. Harbison Tom Dorst & Connie PooleGeorge T. JohannesenW. Olson

SPONSOR ($100 - $149)

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STUDENT CONCERTSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 3:00 P.M.

Sarabande (for guitar)1 Elaine Walch

Daar Was Een Sneeuwwit Vogeltje2 Connor Ryan

Two Compositions3 for the Residenzplatz Glockenspiel, Salzburg, Austria Marie Thomas

Rondo (duet)4 Annie Gregurich, Primo Gailyn Draper, Secondo

Estudio, opus 31, no. 7 (for guitar)3 Gailyn Draper

Reverie for carillon Patrick Knox

Carillon (no. 10 from Klavierbuch aus der Jugenzeit)5 Annie Gregurich

Pieces for a Musical Clock (duet)4 Menuett Connor Ryan, Primo Marie Thomas, Secondo Allegro Patrick Knox, Primo Elaine Walch, Secondo

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Old Dutch Folksong

Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)

Mark Peterson (b. 1952)

George F. Handel(1685-1759)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Notes:

Arranged for carillon by: 1 Jonathan Bell Arterton; 2 Leen ‘t Hart; 3 Ronald Barnes; 4 William DeTurk; 5 Robert Lodine

D O N O R S

SPECTACULAR ($2,000-$2,500)

CARILLONNEUR’S CLUB ($500 - $749)

PRESIDENT’S CLUB ($250 - $499)

SPONSOR ($100 - $249)

FAMILY SPONSORS ($100 and above)

Anonymous

CEFCU

Boardman-Smith Funeral HomeConcordia Village

B. J. Grand Salon & SpaBoesdorfer Trucking Inc.Bunn-O-Matic CorporationEllinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Beth Bergman & David HeneberryMary & Jim BeaumontThe Curtin FamilyLaurie & David FarrellPosy FlattMark, Joanne, Demi & Robert Maurer GekasKelly & Karen GrantLinda Williams HammerTom & June HarmonSteve Dawdy & Leigh Ann Henry-Dawdy & Kaylee & Aimee HenryRoger, Lora, Jayde & Micah HuebnerJ. Patrick & Janice M. JoyceKent Family INC

Illini BankIsringhausen Imports

Frye-Williamson PressKone Inc.Marine BankJoe McMenamin, Ward 7Zara’s Collision

Gina Kovach & Dave StewardKen & Sherrill KraudelMelinda & Pete LaBarreDr. William LazarusJohn & Anne LinxwilerM. G. “Bubba” & Donna NelsonBill & Mary SchnirringDr. John & Lynda SnodsmithThomas A. & Suzann M. SpadaThe Stuart Family in memory of Robert A. StuartEvelyn Brandt ThomasDon & Barb WalkerDiana Widicus & Mike DavisMartha & Jeff Wilday

2012 ART SPECTACULAR

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STUDENT CONCERTSUNDAY, JUNE 2 • 3:00 P.M.

The following individuals are currently studying with Park District Carillonneur Robin Austin:

Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Gailyn Draper holds degrees in Vocal Performance and Conducting. She recently relocated to Illinois, after living in Ohio for 10 years where she taught voice and performed as a concert soloist around the state. She currently works for the Illinois Board of Higher Education and lives with her husband Carl Draper in Springfield. While music is her passion she credits her family with being the ‘sweetest song of my life.’

A native of Springfield, Annie Gregurich began piano lessons at age 4. She currently studies with Judith Mancinelli in the Preparatory Department at Millikin University where she has been recognized for the past three years as the top performer in the Junior Division. A 9th grader, in addition to music, she enjoys astronomy and running.

Patrick Knox is a native of Springfield. He started keyboard studies at an early age. He continued his musical studies at the University of IL, Urbana/Champaign.

Connor Ryan will be a high school senior this fall. He grew up listening to the Carillon and lives just a few blocks from Washington Park with his mother Laura. Connor has played the piano since he was 8 years of age. He plays the saxophone in Springfield High School’s Marching, Concert, and Jazz Bands.

A native of Springfield, Marie Thomas began piano in the first grade. A lifelong musician, Marie is grateful to her daughter Jacki for her Christmas gift of carillon lessons. When she is not making music, Marie enjoys caring for her dog and cats.

Raised in Farmersville, Elaine Walch lives in Raymond. Married with three grown children and 9 grandchildren, she is a Licensed Cosmetologist. A longtime Church musician, she has played organ and piano for more than 50 years. Over the years, she has also accompanied singers, choirs, and the Encore Players. She serves as organist for two area churches.

D O N O R S

GREAT PUMPKIN ($1000 and above)

2012 JACK-O-LANTERN SPECTACULAR

SPOOKY ($500 - $999)

TRICK-OR-TREAT ($250 - $499)

FAMILY ($100 - $249)

IN-KIND GIFT

EVENT PARTNERS

Bank of SpringfieldPease’s Candy

United Community BankZelle Title LLC

The Rees Carillon Society and The Carillon Belles raise funds for the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon each year through two Spectacular Events. Additional support is provided by the staffs of Washington Park Botanical Gardens and the Springfield Park District. For additional information about

contributing or volunteering, visit: www.carillon-rees.org

B.J. Grand Salon & SpaMcDonald’s - Steve & Karen Jeffers

Laurie & David Farrell

Michael von Behren Builder, Inc.Zara’s Collision Center

Todd & Judy Knox

Anderson Legislative Consulting, Ltd.

Whalen Trucking

Rees Carillon SocietySpringfield Park District

The Carillon BellesWashington Park Botanical Gardens

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Springfield Park DistrictRees Carillon Society

The Carillon BellesWashington Park Botanical Gardens

Springfield Park District Board of TrusteesLeslie Sgro, President

Gray Noll, Vice-PresidentTed Flickinger Tina Janazzo

Grant Hammer Robin SchmidtBrian Reardon Sara Wojcicki

Rees Carillon Society Board of TrusteesPeter Murphy, President

Roger Huebner, Vice PresidentBrenda Poston, Treasurer

Barb Walker, Secretary

Robin Austin, Park District Carillonneur

The Carillon Belles

THE 52ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CARILLON FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY

Betty BridgewaterBarbara Burris

Diane CapranicaWanda Chowanski

Teresa CravensDiAnne Crown

Linda DashViolet DicksonConnie Fegan

Susan FerrySusan Foard

Wanda ChowanskiJennifer J. Cole

Joseph Hills

Jennifer A. JohnsonSteve RambachLaura Scott

Jennifer J. Cole, PresidentKristine Myszka, Vice President

Sheila Albright, SecretaryJanyce Watson, Treasurer

Gail FrankLorrayne Touch German

Margaret HeissingerConnie HeskettSue Janusweski

Carol JessupCheri KennedyMary Koerner

Anne LinxwilerGretchen Mahaney

Joanne Maurer

Peggy O’BrienMichelle Pawlak

Elena PilapilAnita Quinn

Sally SchaeferLaura Scott

Shirley Caldwell SmithMary Sue TouchCheryl Van Ness

Blanca Maria VelascoBarbara Walker

Ted Flickinger Grant Hammer

Tina Jannazzo Robin Schmidt

D O N O R S

SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS

ADDITIONAL IN-KIND DONATIONS

American Harvest EateryAnonymousApplebee’sApricot LaneAugie’s Front BurnerBacon & Van Buskirk GlassBaskin Robbins – FairhillsBaskin Robbins – MacArthurBella BoutiqueBody PerfectBuckley’s Prairie LandscapingBuffalo Wild WingsCafé MoxoCandlewood SuitesCheddar’sChili’sCold Stone CreameryComfort InnCourtyard by MarriottCurvesD’Arcy’s PintDenney JewelersDream Maker Bath & KitchenFifth Street FlowersFitClubFitness TogetherFulgenzi’s Pizza & PastaGabatoni’sGolden CorralGold’s GymGolf DiscountGreen View

Baskin Robbins – FairhillsCafé MoxoMcDonald’s - Steve & Karen JeffersFulglenzi’s Pizza & PastaMCL Restaurant & Bakery

2012 ART SPECTACULAR (CONT.)

Hilton Garden InnHomescapesHoogland Center for the ArtsIllinois SymphonyIris and IvyIt’s All About WineJim Herron, Ltd.Jim Wilson InteriorsKnight’s Action ParkLakeTown Animal HospitalLonghorn SteakhouseLos Agaves Mexican RestaurantMaldaner’s RestaurantMansion View Inn & SuitesMariah’s RestaurantMax Karpman FursMcDonald’s - Steve & Karen JeffersMCL Restaurant & BakeryMedicine ShoppeMidtown Tires & Auto ServicesMonical’s PizzaNoodles & CompanyNorthfield Inn, Suites & Conf. Ctr.O’Charley’sOlive GardenOutback SteakhousePAO RestaurantPanera BreadPapa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake PizzaPiper Glen Golf CoursePizza Hut – Chatham RoadPleasant Nursery

MeijerMel-O-Cream DonutsNoodles & CompanyPizza Hut – Chatham RoadSchnucks

Red LobsterRed Wing Shoe StoreRobbie’s RestaurantRobert’s Seafood MarketSangamon AuditoriumScheelsSchramm-Bacher JewelersSleep InnSmokey BonesSpringfield Area Arts CouncilSpringfield Battery CompanySpringfield Muni OperaSpringfield Park District: Golf Course Henson-Robinson Zoo Nelson Center Washington Park Botanical GardensSpringfield Racquet & Fitness CenterSpringfield Running CenterSuper Wash® Car WashThe Closet GuyThe Gallery Hair & Skin Care Co.The Rail Golf CourseThe State House InnThe Top DrawerThe WardrobeTinsley Dry GoodsTwist N SwirlzVern’s AutomotiveWidow at Windsor AntiquesWillow & Birch SalonWings, Etc.

Starbucks on MonroeSuper Wash® Car WashTwist-N-SwirlzWade & Dowland Office EquipmentWal-Mart – Dirksen ParkwayWal-Mart – 6th Street

Sara Wojcicki

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SUNDAY, JUNE 2 3:00 P.M. Student Concert – NEW EVENT! 7:00 P.M. Concert by Robin Austin, Carillonneur, Rees Memorial Carillon (Featuring the World Premiere of “Let Sleeping Cats . . .” - a new composition by Philadelphia composer David Gottlieb.) 7:45 P.M. Concert by Carol Jickling Lens, Carillonneur, University of Denver

MONDAY, JUNE 3 7:00 P.M. Concert by Carol Jickling Lens 7:45 P.M. Concert by Arie Abbennes, Carillonneur Emeritus, Utrecht and Carillonneur, Oirschot, The Netherlands TUESDAY, JUNE 4 6:00 P.M. Miss Carole Children’s Concert – Washington Park Gazebo (in case of rain – Washington Park Pavilion) 7:00 P.M. Concert by Arie Abbenes 7:45 P.M. Concert by Malgosia Fiebig, Carillonneur, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Featuring USA premiere of van Cleemput’s “Orthodoxia” for two carillonneurs, with Arie Abbenes.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 6:30 P.M. Festival Cookout, Island Bay Yacht Club, Lake Springfield Special presentation: “Lincoln and Music” - Eileen R. Machevich Executive Director, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum (For reservations and tickets, please call Barb Walker at 217-787-3532)

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 7:00 P.M. Concert by Malgosia Fiebig 7:45 P.M. Concert by Brian Tang, Associate Carillonist, University of California, Berkeley FRIDAY, JUNE 7 7:00 P.M. Concert by Margaret Pan, former Associate Carillonneur at Princeton University and University of California, Berkeley 7:45 P.M. Concert by Robin Austin (Featuring “Abraham Lincoln and the Music He Loved”) 9:15 P.M. Festival Fireworks (rain date: Saturday, June 8)

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 7:00 P.M. Concert by Brian Tang 7:45 P.M. Concert by Margaret Pan

D O N O R S

FRIEND ($50-$99)

MEDIA SPONSORS

GIFT BASKET DONATIONS

Advantage RealtyBox & GoWilliam & Mary Riggs

B Teased SalonBoys & Girls ClubsBill Clutter InvestigatorConcordia VillageDana-Thomas House FoundationDonors’ Basket:Del’s Popcorn ShopBaskin Robbins-FairhillFirehouse SubsFlowers by KathyHoly Land DinerKirlin’s HallmarkMcDonald’s-McGrawEnterprises Memorial Home Services

Capitol Radio GroupMid-West Family Broadcasting

The State Journal-Register

Vono Medical SuppliesJohn E. Williams, DMD

2012 ART SPECTACULAR (CONT.)

Dr. John & Susan FerryFood FantasiesFriday’z Flower & Gift ShopHickory GlenHome Bound HealthcareIllinois Grape Growers & VintnersJudy’s HallmarkLambert Custom PoolsOak Terrace Health CareParty CreationsPrairie Art Stamp & SuppliesPremiere Audio VisualQuaker Steak & LubeTerry Farmer Photography1-800baskets.com

Del’s Popcorn ShopBaskin Robbins-FairhillFirehouse SubsFlowers by KathyHoly Land DinerKirlin’s HallmarkMcDonald’s-McGrawEnterprises Memorial Home Services

ISRINGHAUSEN

S P O N S O RI N M E M O R I A M

In loving memory of ROBERT A. & ELIZABETH P. STUART

LIFELONG FRIENDS, ADVOCATES AND PATRONS OF THE THOMAS REES MEMORIAL CARILLON

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart were among the Carillon’s strongest advocates. Their kindness and generosity established the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon as one of the world’s most important instruments. The Stuart family continues to support the Rees Carillon in numerous ways and was especially helpful in the acquisition of the new B-flat bell in 2000, dedicated to Mr. Stuart’s memory.

Elizabeth Pexton Stuart (1919- 2012)

Elizabeth was equally passionate about the Rees Carillon. A longstanding member of The Carillon Belles and many other civic organizations, Mrs. Stuart, like her husband, had boundless energy and enthusiasm for the Rees Carillon and its importance to the Springfield community.

Robert A. Stuart (1917 - 1988)

Robert, who served as President of Springfield Park District’s Board of Trustees from 1959 to 1975, is central to the creation of the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon. Mr. Stuart hired the best consultants, architects, and builders—and in the process traveled twice to European bell foundries to ensure the Carillon’s unsurpassed quality. He was integrally involved with the creation of the very first Carillon Festival in 1962 and a great champion of its growth.

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I am delighted to welcome you to the 52nd Annual International Carillon Festival. The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon boasts a long and distinctive history of excellence and I am honored to serve as your new carillonneur! This year’s Festival continues our tradition of presenting outstanding concerts by the world’s top carillonneurs.

I am very happy to welcome back Arie Abbenes and Malgosia Fiebig. This is Arie’s 6th Festival (he was last here in 1993) and Malgosia’s 2nd Festival (she in 2008). Their USA premiere of van Cleemput’s Orthodoxia (for two carillonneurs) on Tuesday is sure to be one of our Festival highlights. I am also very happy to welcome Carol Jickling Lens, Margaret Pan and Brian Tang – all of whom are appearing for the first time at our Festival. Margaret and Brian are newer members of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America—passing their professional examinations in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Carol played her examination at the 1971 Guild congress here in Springfield so she is long overdue for a return.

I would like to extend a very special thanks to my friend and colleague David Gottlieb, who composed “Let Sleeping Cats . . .” for our Festival. Like David, so many individuals have given generously of their time and talents to make this week possible. Key among these are the Trustees of the Springfield Park District and the Rees Carillon Society. Thomas Rees’s love of carillons and carillon music continues to flourish thanks to this vibrant, longstanding partnership – and the untiring support of The Carillon Belles and scores of volunteers who support our wonderful events.

When I began last September, Rees Carillon Society President Peter Murphy asked “What’s your big idea?” One of my greatest joys is teaching, which was the highlight of my 20 years as Princeton University’s carillonneur – so we kicked off a teaching program this past January. This year’s Student Concert is a great showcase for these very talented students, and I hope will be a feature of our Festival going forward.

As I settle into my new post and new life here in Springfield, I am anxious to hear your thoughts and ideas about our beautiful Carillon. Thanks to the support of Park District President Leslie Sgro and the Park District Trustees, we have embarked on a Strategic Planning process. After more than 50 distinguished years—and the contributions of two extraordinary carillonneurs, Raymond and Karel Keldermans—it seems only fitting that we should pause and ask ourselves, “How best can the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon continue to serve our community? What new programs should we develop? How can we best care for our landmark tower?” To help us, please take a moment to fill out the enclosed survey. Your thoughts and ideas are very important as together we embark on the next exciting chapter of the Rees Carillon and its beautiful music!

With my thanks for your support and friendship,

Robin AustinPark District Carillonneur217-546-3853raustin@springfieldparks.org

Dear friends,

A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE FESTIVAL FIREWORKS

The Springfield Parks Foundation (SPF) was formed in 1991 as a not-for-profit fundraising organization dedicated to enhancing the use, growth and preservation of our parks. Springfield has nearly 40 neighborhood, community and regional parks. The Foundation works closely with the Park Board, City of Springfield, other state and local agencies, the business community and individuals to provide support and funding for many park projects. Foundation projects include park restoration, landscape improvement and commemoration.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PresidentPeter Graham

TreasurerLoren Bennett

SecretaryKaren Barber

Board MembersJennifer Ascher

J. Garth (Butch) Elzea, IIILarry Estep

Joe HillsIsaac King

Denise Corcoran-SchainkerMichelle UsherAbby Walden

Vice PresidentJennifer Aholt

Ex-OfficioLeslie Sgro

Derek Harms

Park Board LiaisonDr. Ted Flickinger

springfieldparksfoundation.org

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2013 Carillon Festival Sponsors:

Exclusive Platinum Festival Fireworks Sponsor($3,000 and above)

Gold Sponsor ($1,000 & above)Anonymous

The Carillon BellesRees Carillon Society

Silver Sponsor ($500 - 999) R. W. Troxell & Co.

Central States Fireworks

Bronze Sponsor ($250-499)Brandt International

The Rees Carillon Society and Springfield Park District gratefully acknowledge the 2013 Carillon Festival sponsors and the many individuals, businesses and organizations

for their very important financial support in 2013.

See pages 28 - 35 for a complete listing.